Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-02
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"ltndreW, the elder ofOller's Te2ret WAS
mingled with something OF envy as he
thought Of the active career that lay be-
fore the soldier, while glancing at his
! own Naval sword and gold-laced beltthat
hung upon the walI-the sword he never
more would WELD.
1t was one Of the first days of August
noW-s day thst Lonsdale and Melane
would never forget.
The apples were ripening and reGden-
ing in many bee haunted orchard in
Essex; and also the bOps-which there
grew to the height OF six feet a. times
were turning black and clustering round
the slender poles; snd the wheat YVES yei-
lowing up for the harvest.
! When it WAS gathered in barn and
| granery, Montague would be far away
from Engl2ud and her.
1t was with heavy heart indeed that
MelEnie Talbot made her wey to their
accustomed place OF meeting, when, dur
ing the few days of his unexpected visit
to RsvensbOurng Hall, she hsC so often sat
with Lonsdsle, and talked over these pres
ent difficulties and dreamed over the Iu-
ture.
This would be the last-slss!- last
Of these meetings. When and where
would the next be? thought the ELECTION
ate girl, as she contemplated the empty
dessolation that was to come.
Early though she WAS, LOnsdale was
there before neT, ard in silence clasped
her to his breast; their emotion Was too
great for words Just then; and the caves
dropper Of yesterday was utterly forgot
ten by him.
"Melanie, love-" said he, after time,
iE low, cGressing voice, 81 feel now, H.
deed, hoW hsvd it is to depart, knowing
to what l leave you" II
And hlelanie clung 20 him il silenci,
faith growing in her heart, sorrow &Tl
l. Joy fer q space most strongly miEgiifg
there. r
Sand, oh, my darling, how shall live
without you:" SAID The girl, in ve ice
like whisper.
"Our engagement will be conceded
from ali but your uncle, 1 know; thus
when l an gone any fool will be at
liberty to address you,'
"Other than tools may do so, snq who
maY cause me great trouble" replied
Melsnie, thinking of her chief bets noir
Sir Brisco. u
"Your aunt and uncle may worry you
cruelty, dear Meianie."
"Ler them do their worst" eaid she,
with a sicklg smile through het tears,
drawing confidence from his carSfs, and
casting up her pretty head and slende1
white neck; "and their worst Ilsll not
separate US"
Sac did not then see all th{ir werst
could be.
AT last they he'd to part EsEerIy and
reVerently he covered her Race witt
caresses-snd then came or
! a long, long A!sa-s hiss OF youtHand love
And beauty, all ConcenuatngEke rays
Into one focus, kindled from sb1ie,
Such Kisses as belong to carlyIays.
All this is but the OLD, old ST ~, and NJ
must hasten over il,
He held Melanie in his Arm for thu
=. last time-the last time. M ver till hi!
e final hour would he 1orget-fhe thought
/ how they stood thus for TseinfulIy brie
q space, her soft arms cir Fng 70 his necl
s and her quiver;ng girlisht lips pressed Il
Z his as wildly ana passion ately as MS own
: Ana then they parted aDt went thsil
way without word mo e.
e So the supposed year operation wa
begunl
o With Melanie ell the tent-up misery c
a the last few hours gave |Ray OF her re
c turn, the ho0d-gates bf sorrow burs
Q open; she lost all self-GonirOl for time
and IL the excess OF her grief cared moth
y ing for what Uncle Grimshaw nigh
d think or write to JChilIington.
Meanwhile, being nj ade OF Steiner stuff
and amid changing ] scenes 2nd faces
: Lonsdsle, after quitting the Hall snd il
q master in a species Of dream, as he tray
e eled downward, cig21 in mouth, in COZ
# ner of q smoking can locked like an ev
eryday man Of the world, untouched b
- thought or care; &c q vanished form Wa
e ever before him.
y Betimes he WIS IN London. Midsun
: mer was past, when, in such streets a
y Oxford street, sud others like it, tn
roar of vehicles, tle touting Of 'bus cor
IS duCtors, the voices OF neWsboys, the SO
= licitat!ons of ugly fower girls, snd ell th
g savsgely unintelligiole and unmelodiou
/ street cries deadE the senses of hearing
It while the late ia, hidden by clouds an
d haze, renders yhe air oppressive, an
e makes one thin / of brain strokes, NOR
e even than when it bests pitilessly dow
1t on the white pavement, the glitterin
il shops, or the dust powdered and drie
foliage Of the PAL Ks and squares. Ia II
1t sbsdowless heat, amid which the might
concouTsc Of huE Ian life rolls endlessl
r to ana fro. the result OF Overdone ciVuizl
II ton, spd the greed and struggle for eZ
?; istenca it produces-amid all this roarin
q vortex, could it be, that but an hour or :
re ego he haQ been with Melanie amid tn
S sweet sylvan solitude Of Ravensb0urnt
); where there was no sounds but the hui
IT OF the bee in the wild h0neysuckle, ii
y Tug'le Of TIE bio oak leaves, and the &c
q lOp a the softly flowing river amid /
=, tan, wavy ri ges?
10 Tie fist further steps Of his lcrg, lor
" journey wefe before him still, and eve
Ing sHw htJ claukirg train steSning o.
~ OF the confusing and astounding static
J., 81 Waterloo, faster at every moment ov
the ugly lea CT roofs that characteTi
u the mcdkrn Babylon, sway from It's GRO
L. ing sta fte and polluted river, away in
the gr4 n country, whsre the grsss ri
)" pied Pleasantly in the wind. and the 81
"a shonet nshorn OF It's rays, pouring
-, goldei Light On wide i9lds aud gre
wv hedgefrows, on farmysrds full of hay,
- dark coppices, on sheets OF water,
u, cottages smothered in flowers and cree
ny ers, and sll the chsrmiEg color that go
l. TO make UP the sleepy and placid beau
Of al English landscape.
On swept the train through Fsrnbt
~ Ough, when his soldiers eye quickly d
r -n tectod the Aldershot tents and the slor
bo that overlook the long valley; by Basin
stolke, nestled in its fertile open countr
,ia Salisbury, with its slender spire and
he pain; Yeovil, and SO forth.
in Night came down, the light darken
,rt fbm amber to crimson, from crimson
ok Esloom, and under the rays of the silve